American Chestnut by drag

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Oct 28, 2008

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Hey all, thanks to Three grrr I found out this special tree is an American Chestnut. I don't know the history of this one or how it end up here on Orcas island on the west coast. But it's been here for the twenty years that I've lived here and is the only one I've seen. It lives on Lummi Tribe land, and is a very beautiful tree as you can see. The American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, deciduous tree of the oak family native to eastern North America. Before the species was devastated by the chestnut blight, a fungal disease, it was one of the most important forest trees throughout its range. There are now few if any mature specimens of the tree, except where it was planted in blight-free regions distant from its original range.

Thanks for dropping in..Take care:0)bonita

Comments (31)

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Mondwin

12:08PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Marvelous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx

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flora-crassella

12:10PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

wonderful tree! A very beautiful photo!

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tennesseecowgirl

12:13PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Oh this is beautiful~~

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Susank

12:27PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Absolutly Wonderful capture.

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durleybeachbum

12:58PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Fabulous!

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Janiss

1:00PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Oh absolutely marvelous Bonita!

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artaddict2

1:12PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

absolutely glorious!!!

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Fidelity2

1:22PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

This is a masterpiece by you.

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marybelgium

1:43PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

superbe !

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rainbows

1:49PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

A majestic tree and a superb capture, dear Bonita. The colours are stunning. Hugs. Di. xx

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timtripp

2:22PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

superb!

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G_Mansco

3:05PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

A real stunner, fantastic tones ;O)

MrsLubner

3:21PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

So lovely in its full splendor! Great shot and information as well.

West_coaster07

3:25PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Very nice capture!!!

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awjay

3:38PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

WONDERFUL COLOR

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babuci

3:45PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Wow, such a wonderful huge tree with all the gold color.

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jocko500

6:03PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

it is very lovely looking. cool colors it have and love to eat the nuts too lol

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Artlan59

7:04PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Fantastic capture of this magnificent tree. By the looks of the leaves, they won't be hanging around for long. Excellent work.

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Mousson

7:44PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

Vraiment magnifique!!!!

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bcrathburn

8:26PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

WHAT A GREAT TREE I LOVE IT ....

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auntietk

9:24PM | Tue, 28 October 2008

A chestnut! Really! How cool is that. Gorgeous!

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MrsRatbag

9:23AM | Wed, 29 October 2008

Gorgeous!

lucindawind

11:36AM | Wed, 29 October 2008

such a beautiful tree!

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BessieB

2:32PM | Wed, 29 October 2008

beautiful capture and colours, a lovely autumnal feeling

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watapki66

8:31PM | Wed, 29 October 2008

Wonderful color and composition!

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Richardphotos

9:26PM | Wed, 29 October 2008

such brilliant colors Bonita.I love it

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three_grrr

1:51AM | Sun, 02 November 2008

It's just breathtaking! I've never seen one, they've all been killed off by that blight. I guess they will grow, but they don't reach old age, they die before they reach anything like the size of this beauty!

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